Partial Differential Equations with MATLAB

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Introduction 23


Exercises 1.6


In Exercises 1–21, separate the PDE into a system of ODEs.



  1. 3ux− 2 uy=0

  2. 5ux+4uy− 2 u=0


3.y^2 ux+x^2 uy=0

4.uxx−uy+u=0


  1. The wave equation,utt−uxx=0

  2. Laplace’s equation,uxx+uyy=0


7.uxx+2uyy−ux+3uy=0

8.uxx−xuy+xu=0

9.−iut=uxx−x^2 u(This is the one-dimensional Schr ̈odinger’s equation
for a harmonic oscillator. Here,iis the imaginary constant with the
propertyi^2 =−1.)

10.x^2 uxx+2ux− 3 uy−yu=0


  1. Laplace’s equation in polar coordinates,urr+^1 rur+r^12 uθθ=0


12.rurr+ur−rut= 0 (this equation gives the intensity of the magnetic
field inside a solenoid)


  1. The Euler–Bernoulli beam equation,utt+uxxxx=0


14.ux+uy−uz=0

15.ux+uy+uz+u=0

16.uxx−uy+uz=0

17.x^2 ux−y^3 uy− 4 zuz=0


  1. The two-dimensional heat equation,ut=uxx+uyy

  2. The two-dimensional wave equation,utt=uxx+uyy

  3. The three-dimensional Laplace equation,uxx+uyy+uzz=0

  4. Schr ̈odinger’s equation (with zero potential),uxx+uyy+uzz+u=0


In Exercises 22–35, find all product solutions of the PDE (each PDE already
was separated in Exercises 1–21).



  1. 3ux− 2 uy=0

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